Introduction to today's journey
Fraser Island coastline is a dynamic environment where a strip of golden sand divides the azure waters of the Coral Sea from the rugged forests and dunes covering the island. The hard sand serves as the island's unofficial highway making quick access for adventurers in their discovery of its many hidden gems.
Today's journey heads back along the beach from Dundubera stopping at the Maheno wreck and Eli Creek before heading inland to explore Lake Wabby. From there we return along the coast and back to Brisbane.
Today's Journey
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A spectacular sunrise dawns over Dundubbera Creek on this cold morning. |
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Upon packing up the camp, we begin heading south along the beach a couple of kilometres before stopping at the spectacular layered sand formations at The Cathedrals. |
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Waves break over the Maheno, the wreckage of a ship which once serviced the Trans-Tasman routes between 1905 to 1935. |
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Stopping at Eli Creek, the east coast's biggest stream. I follow a boardwalk up Eli Creek where the crystal clear water flows over perfectly white silica sand through the scubby forest sheltered between the dunes. |
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Continuing a long the beach, we reach a rugged sandstone formation where we have to take a sand road a little inland before returning to the beach. |
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Heading further down the beach, we turn inland along another narrow sand road before following a walking track inland over the hills eventually coming to Lake Wabby. |
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We descend to the steep shore of Lake Wabby. The exposed sand blow is advancing into the deep lake about a metre per year. The lake will completely disappear over the next forty years. |
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Hiking over the large sandblow absorbing into the lake to the beach. |
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From the beach we follow it southward back to the bottom of the island. |
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A small plane takes off along the beach. |
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We return along the beach to the ferry crossing the Great Sandy Strait back to the mainland. |
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From Inskip Point, we follow the long road back to Brisbane. |
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